Creativity and Organizational Change

Code:

2EGIN03

Acronym:

CMO

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Management Studies

Instance: 2019/2020 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Management
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Economics and Management of Innovation

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
EGIN	36	Bologna Syllabus since 2012	1	-	7,5	56	202,5

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This course aims to offer an integrated view on creativity as a systemic capacity, creative processes, knowledge creation and innovation in organisations; the organisational practices involved in these processes; and the change required for its realisation.

Learning outcomes and competences

It is intended that at the end of the course students are able to:

-   Identify the main concepts of Creativity;

-   Relate Creativity and Organisational Change;

-   Differentiate the ways of thinking in innovation processes;

-   Critically appreciate creative process models;

-   Apply some creative thinking techniques collaboratively;

-   Understand the factors that block organisational creativity and change;

-   Analyse the dynamics of organisational processes aimed at enhancing creativity and innovation;

-   Effectively frame existing creative potential in organisations;

-   Propose intervention practices to encourage change through creativity.

Working method

Presencial

Program

The topics in this program are for thematic guidance but will not be covered in their numerical sequence.

1. Ways of thinking: Reproductive thinking versus productive thinking. Convergent thinking versus divergent thinking. Lateral thinking.
2. The emergence of novelty - how are ideas born?
3. The phenomenon of Creativity in its different aspects - definitions and classifications.
4. The 4 P's of creativity: Person, Process, Product and Press.
5. The creative process - the basic mechanism and phase models.
6. The concept of Design Thinking - models and practical applications.
7. Organisational creativity: from the creative team to the systemic perspective.
8. The blocks to organisational creativity and the importance of error.
9. The heuristic for organisational creativity.
10. 10.The management of creativity in organisations.
11. 11.The management of organisational change: process and steps.
12. 12.Resistance to change - the gap between intention and behaviour.
13. 13.The smart, creative and happy organisation - strategies for change.
14. 14.The concept of Creative Leadership.

Mandatory literature

Brown, T.; Change by Design. How Design Thinking transforms organizations and inspires innovation, NewYork: Harper Collins Publishers, 2009
Gibbons, P.; The Science of Organizational Change: How Leaders Set Strategy, Change Behavior, and Create an Agile Culture, Phronesis Media [1st Ed. FT Press, 2015], 2019
Kelley, T., Littmann, J.; As dez faces da inovação. O poder da criatividade e da inovação na empresa, Lisboa: Editorial Presença, 2007
Senge, P. M.; La Quinta Disciplina. El arte y la práctica de la organización abierta al aprendizaje, Barcelona: Ediciones Granica [orig. The Fifth Discipline, 1990], 1999
Tschimmel, K.; The Creativity Virus - A book about and for Creative Thinking, Porto: Edição Mindshake, 2019
Tschimmel, K.; Processos Criativos. A emergência de ideias na perspetiva sistémica da criatividade., Matosinhos: Edições ESAD, 2011

Comments from the literature

The full list of readings will be provided in the first lecture. In addition, specific articles regarding the theme of each lecture will be provided.

Teaching methods and learning activities

The teaching method of this course is based on the constructivist perspective of learning. In addition to the presentation of the theoretical elements, there will be critical readings and debates, case analysis and group exercises. The lecturer will essentially function as a facilitator in the teaching-learning process, programming, guiding, providing resources, proposing bibliography and moderating the different activities pursued by the students. In the practical parts of the course, methods from Creative Problem Solving and Design Thinking will be used to facilitate the acquisition of knowledge and experimentation with new techniques in groups. Since one of the fundamental themes of course is change, students will be confronted with changes in the didactic and methodological approach. They will be encouraged to think critically and creatively.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	50,00
Trabalho de campo	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	6,00
Estudo autónomo	127,50
Frequência das aulas	39,00
Trabalho de campo	30,00
Total:	202,50

Eligibility for exams

Distributed assessment requires attending at least 3/4 of the classes. Those who do not meet this requirement should take the final exam.

Calculation formula of final grade

a) DISTRIBUTED ASSESSMENT: Exam (50%) + 2 Group assignments (50%)

- the exam must be taken at época normal. Those who miss that exam, or do not hand it in, must take the final exam at época de recurso, in which case the marks obtained in the assignments will not be considered.
- there will be 2 group assignments. Each group has 4 members and remains the same for both assignments.
- the minimum mark in the exam and in each assignment is 8/20. A mark below in any of these implies a fail, regardless of the global average mark obtained.

b) FINAL EXAM (época de recurso only): 100%

Examinations or Special Assignments

 

 

Classification improvement

By final exam at época de recurso.